If you have cancer or are a cancer survivor, you may undergo tests to determine the effectiveness of your treatments. Wilmot Cancer Institute's Dr. Michelle Shayne offers advice for quelling anxiety that often accompanies these scans.

You don’t need to eliminate all meat from your diet to reap some of the benefits of a plant-based diet. Wilmot Cancer Institute registered dietitians Joanna Lipp and Sue Czap offer advice for being flexitarian.

Cancer survivors can benefit in many ways by increasing their physical activity through regular exercise, according to a number of clinical studies. UR Medicine experts provide a roadmap to help you get started with exercise.

When it comes to cancer treatments, those available today are better than what we had even 10 years ago, but they are still not perfect. The only way to continue improving treatment for any disease is through clinical trials. Wilmot Cancer Institute's Dr. Nimish A. Mohile shares facts about clinical trials.

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